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Special Dialing Functions
Description
This feature lets you add Special characters for System Speed Dial numbers,
Personal Speed Dial numbers, and Auto Dial numbers, as follows:
Function
Button
Display
Description
Pause
[ Hold ] P Inserts a 1.5-second pause in the dialing
sequence to wait for a response, such as a
dial tone or computer voice message.
Recall
[
Spkr
]
R Sends a timed switchhook flash needed to
alert the system on the other end (such as a
PBX or Centrex system), and to use some
local telephone company custom calling
features (such as Call Waiting). Use Recall
only as the first entry in an Auto Dial or
Speed Dial number.
Stop
[
Mic
]
S
Stops the dialing sequence until the Auto
Dial button or Speed Dial number is used
again (for example, so the user can enter
additional digits, such as a credit card
number or password). To continue, press
the Auto Dial button or [
Feature ] and the
two-digit speed dial code. (Stop cannot be
programmed from an MLS-6 or MLC-6
phone, since it has no [
Mic ] button.)
Touch-Tone
[ Transfer ]
T
Sends touch tones over a rotary line to
Enable
electronic equipment such as answering
machines and bank computers.
Considerations
Special characters cannot be used when dialing a number manually.
Examples
■
■
Pause. To call an answering machine at 555-0529, wait 4.5 seconds, then
dial 321 to retrieve messages, enter [
5
] [
5
] [
5
] [
0
] [
5
] [
2
] [
9
] [
Hold
] [
Hold
]
[
Hold
] [
3
] [
2
] [
1
].
Recall/Centrex Feature Button. The following entry shows how to program
an Auto Dial button with a Centrex feature that you use while on a call, for
which the feature access code is *32. This example includes a Recall signal
to send a switchhook flash to the Centrex system when you are already on a
call. (You can store a Recall signal by pressing [
Spkr ], but only if it is the
first character stored.) It also includes a 1.5-second pause (which you
insert by pressing [
Hold ]) to allow time to get a new Centrex dial tone: [ Spkr ]
[
Hold
] [
✳
] [
3
] [
2
].
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Special Dialing Functions